- Are we, as some might say, motivated by a desire to save our off-spring?
- We are motivated by a desire to save our off-spring. Just like how parents save up money in their twenties and thirties for their future children, we are motivated to do actions like that.
- Must there always be some sort of intrinsic reward for doing good?
- There is always some kind of a reward after doing something good. Whether the reward might be just a compliment from others, it is still a reward. People usually do things good expecting back. I guess people basically believe in "karma". What goes around comes around.
- Mr. Otis once said, "That having integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching." If this is so, and no one knows when we have done good, would you still do good?
- When no one is watching, honestly, I'm not so sure if I'll still do good. Since doing good is not always the most comfortable and easy way for doing things and since I like taking short-cuts/ easy ways, I think I won't be able to do good even when no one is watching.
- "Delayed reciprocal altruism", seems like a gamble - back to game theory, any way. Does this seem to make sense to you. That is that we act out of a desire to have what we have done being done to us?
- Delayed reciprocal altruism makes sense to me. I kind of do this too. If I do something good for others, I expect something good back from them too.Not only me, but I think just anybody in the world does.
- Are we ever being truly "selfless" when committing an act of altruism?
- I believe that we really never be truly "selfless" when committing an act of altruism because we actually think for ourselves first before helping others. A lot of people think, "Even if I help him, nothing is going to benefit me. I shouldn't help him." This is not called an act of altruism. By being selfless, you are willing to give up something for what you want.